A remarkable new book by our Chair, Janet, and yet another example of her painstaking documenting of our town’s history over the years.
Chesterfield’s Remarkable Women by Janet Murphy tells the stories of 50 women with links with Chesterfield.
Published by Bannister Publications. Priced at £8.50, all proceeds from sales will go to Ashgate HospiceCare.
It is now available from Bannister Publications, either over the counter or online, Chesterfield Visitor Centre, Ashgate Hospicecare shop and Waterstones.
This may be of interest to our members. The details of the members of the then Grammar School who died in the First World War have been collected and published in this booklet, available to order as detailed below.
By Philip Riden, Chris Leteve and Richard Sheppard
A major new study of how the town centre has evolved, street by street and house by house. Come to the launching on 16 May 2019 and get this new 200-page, colour-illustrated hardback at the offer
price of £15.
Chesterfield evolved in the twelfth century from a village into a market town, as it remains today. Until the Industrial Revolution, the built-up area was confined to a compact grid of streets centred on a large market place. Today, these streets retain a variety of buildings dating from about 1500 to recent times. This new study looks at how the town centre has developed and at the history of each individual house within the area.
The book, published by the Derbyshire Victoria County History Trust, runs to 212 pages (A4 format), with 16 maps and 12 pages of colour plates. It will be launched at a meeting at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday 16 May 2019 at St Thomas’ Church Centre, Chatsworth Road. Come along and buy a copy for £15 (normal retail price £20).
Admission Free
St Thomas’ Centre
For location details and directions, please click on the picture.
